Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown